A museum exhibit featuring a life-sized polar bear mounted inside a glass display case with an icy backdrop. The enclosure is designed with white angular panels and includes a sign reading “Life on the ice.” The surrounding space has bright blue and white lighting with patterned blue flooring, creating an Arctic-themed environment.
Special event

Winter School Holidays

Saturday 27 June to Sunday 12 July

Budding makers can experiment with design, symbolism and storytelling through immersive and hands-on activities inspired by ancient Rome and the exhibition Rome: Empire. Power, People.

This Winter's school holiday highlights include:

  • Discover a world four billion years in the making in the new Our Wondrous Planet exhibition
  • Creative Lab: Rise of the Gladiators, where children shape their own gladiator identity through craft and play.
  • Mosaic Monuments, a free school holiday activity where children colour their own mosaic tile and add it to a growing participatory artwork.
  • Museum Sleepovers return these school holidays giving families exclusive after‑hours access to Melbourne Museum and IMAX before settling in for a night sleeping beneath the dinosaurs.
  • Tiny Tours is our program specially designed for younger children to discover the animals and habitats that make our planet extraordinary.
  • Dino Days, the museum’s much‑loved free weekly event for budding palaeontologists.

For more details and our full holiday offering, see below! Become a Museum Member and visit our museums for FREE these school holidays (and every other day!).

Included with museum entry

Adult $18

Senior $12

Child 16 Years & Under Free

Concession Free

Members Free

Date & Time

Saturday 27 June to Sunday 12 July

ACCESSIBILITY

Please view our accessibility page for general information. A sensory map of Melbourne Museum can be found on our Visual Stories page where step-by-step visual and written access guides are available. Contact our team on 13 11 02 or email us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support your visit.